Some of the dialogue was a bit cheesy and the pacing was kinda fast, but overall I liked it. I really enjoyed seeing Shaak Ti and her interactions with the clones. And poor 99. I really felt for him. Although did his number have to be 99? I kept picturing Anne Hathaway from Get Smart. I also appreciated the THX 1138 nod.

That was awesome. The fight between anakin and assaj Ventress was great. Too bad we knew the Obi Wan/Grievious fight had to end in a stalemate from the moment it began. I think it is going to be a great season.

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Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:43 pm

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I really loved the whole "underdog" concept used in this episode. And I liked how they touched on the Kaminoans being inhumane. The dialogue was cheese-o-rama though, especially with cutup and the brain dude... The training room scenes really reminded me of Ender's Game, though, so that's a plus.

Overall, I give the episode a 7/10.

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:11 am

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Darth SkuldrenModerator

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I thought Clone Cadet was okay. It wasn't great, it wasn't terrible, it was enjoyable. I think the one thing I didn't like about it was Brick, the brain dude. Having read the Traviss books, I expected the trainers to be kind of cool. To me, it seemed like a missed opportunity to portray a really cool drill sergeant kind of character, someone like Clint Eastwood in Heartbreak Ridge. Instead we get Brick who is not a likable character. Guess he might make good cannon fodder in a latter episode.

Other than that, I like how this episode built up the second one. It was really essential in doing that and I thought it was a decent pay off._________________
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Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:40 am

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Jedi JoeMaster

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They so should have had Kal Skirata in it, played by R. Lee. Ermey...

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:30 am

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I thought it was good. I liked seeing the Dominos again, especially Echo. The dialogue was a tad cheesey, but I laughed at the part where one of the clones (this time it was really hard to keep them straight ) said about going out and meeting girls and then another one said, "We've never even met a girl!" I never thought about that before._________________
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This was a good one, and while I had worries about 99 before seeing it, I was put at ease when they didn't give us a reason as to why he was so old. I'm guessing just a mix up by the Kaminoans, introducing the wrong chemicals at the wrong time, that made him grow fast.
And, by the way, in case you're wondering why I'm only commenting on these first two in detail it's because us Brits have only just got them.

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:50 pm

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Darth SkuldrenModerator

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Hmm, I'll have to look and see if I can find a British TV schedule.

On the flip side, you can always watch them online. I believe starwars.com usually shows each episode in full one week after release._________________
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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:16 pm

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ReepicheepMaster

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They show them on Monday. My after-school tradition. _________________
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They show them on Saturdays on Sky Premiere at 10am and later at 5:30pm. Next saturday will show episode 3, Skuldren. I can't watch them online for some reason, even on SW.com. I don't think you can watch them outside North America.
Wow, this has become too serious for me. Reeps, did you know that I read your location as Canadania? I like it. Would it be possible to start a petition to change Canada to that?

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:13 am

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Darth SkuldrenModerator

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<cue soothing announcer's voice>"Come to Canadania, the land of swash buckling mice who obsess about all things Narnia and Star Wars..."_________________
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:26 pm

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ReepicheepMaster

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Wow. Sounds like Heaven. _________________
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To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.